Comments about ‘Whittingham regrets Utes' onside kick’

What coach doesn't garentee a victory in their own prep rally? Are you that
stupid to think that they shouldn't do that. I was in a booth at the game as
well as on the field, and thought it was bush league to onside kick. As far as
last year's win over Utah, the score was 31-0 at half and ended up 31-16. Get
your facts strait, there was 6 minutes left in the third and the utes were up
43-0 when the utes onside kicked. The utes will get what is coming to them.
BYU leaves their starters in late in the fourth as well, when they are fortunate
not to be playing Tulsa or UCLA. I think that both teams are pukes.

Wow!!! I love Cougar Nations enthusiasm when a subject dealing with moral issues
arise. Should he or shouldn't he have gone with the onside kick? The answer is
obvious, no. Is this grounds for questioning Kyle's ethics, not really. I would
consider Wyoming aside from BYU our next best conference rival. And with bad
blood already being in the water, that's what happened. So all you BYU fans take
it easy. Yes, we know you are glad that Bronco is your coach. And every
questionable thing that Kyle does just proves he wasn't the man for the BYU job.
Will anyone that cares about football remember this in a few weeks? Maybe
Wyoming but not no one else. Will Cougar fans continue to try and ride the
"ethical bus" on this one, of course. The battle between good and evil still
continues, right Y fans? That being said, being the evil Ute fan that I am, I
guarantee victory over the team from down south. I can't wait to see if Max Hall
has any tears in him. I hope this doesn't get back to the BYU locker room, I
would hate to give them any additional motivation.

Get off this comment board, Zoobies. Had your precious Cougars run up the
score, you would find nothing wrong with it. You are just threatened because
Utah is playing a lot better at this stage of the season than BYU. Only a 2
more weeks 'till you will see what I mean. Now go back to watching your Star
Trek episodes.

I'm glad people are starting to see Utah for what i know they are,
unsportmanlike bumbs who have to run up the score on anyone they can to make
themselves look good. I have never once respected the Utes, but I have given
them a chance. It's sad to say that the only way Utah can win is by doing trick
plays. Utah you need to get some class, in every sport you play.

it looks like byu fans only have that ammunition this week to trash talk about
the not so classy play calling of kyle whittingham, other than that, i bet it is
hard to accept how well they are playing right now

Wow. Must be a rivalry game approaching. By the way, this isn't just a UU v.
BYU issue -- as pointed out, people saw the onside kick on cable outlets around
the country. Let me simplify this, Utes: you don't make national news unless
it's something a) really good or b) really bad. And I guarantee it wasn't the
50-0 blowout that made the game newsworthy....

By the way, did I
hear Whitt being compared to R. Lavell Edwards?!? Priceless!

I'm not a fan of either team, but my Utah's coach has got to have more class.
If he regret's it apologize for it. If not to the coach fine, but to the
Wyoming players. He's supposed to be a leader of men, and an example, for all
athletes. His onside kick wasn't just getting back at the coach, it showed no
respect for the young men he was playing. The funny thing is, when I was a
player, an opposing coach ran a fake punt against us up by 30 in the 4th. Our
coach also gave him the bird. Some things are just universal reactions I guess.

There is only one way to react to the situation that everyone looks like they
are facing - If you don't like what is happening to you, then do something about
it.

It's when you start to take your foot off the gas that players
and people get hurt because they aren't doing what many of us as parents and
coaches taught the kids from the time they were born - take plays off and don't
go hard.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. The Wyoming
players and coaches should have put a stop to it, but as it stands, when they
did put their second string in the game to start the fourth, the FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE still couldn't score. Shame on you for not putting up a better fight
than you did.

If any of you watch ESPN, the same question came up about New England and I
believe that it was Tom Jackson that said he doesn't have a problem with running
up the score. If you don't like getting whipped that bad, then do something to
stop the bleeding. They couldn't do a thing against anyone from Utah. Go back to
the drawing board and start over Glenn. Maybe next year will be better for you.

I love the BYU fans on here. You guys are making this 50-0 drubbing even better
with your comments. I hope coach whit does it again next week, so I can hear,
"This is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. I had to cover my kids
eyes in the third quarter. I even had to comfort my wife and wipe away her tears
because she just couldn't understand how an onside kick could be run with the
score being up 43-0. She just kept sobbbing, 'Won't somebody think of the
cowboys. Will somebody please think of the cowboys". Keep em coming cougars. Its
like we have a big bunch of sissys inhabiting our state. I always wondered how
64,000 fans could make such little sound at Lavell Edwards stadium. Bingo, just
got my answer. On another note, BYU is still play great football and can't wait
to see the two best teams clash.Go UTES!!!

So Whit is classless because he "ran up the score" on Wyoming? So was Bronco
classless last year when he left Beck, Brown, Harline and other starters in the
Wyo game and called passing plays when BYU was up 41-0 in the fourth quarter. Is
it more classless to kick an onsides kick halfway through the third quarter up
by 43 than to leave starters in and throw the ball up by 41 in the fourth? Of
course Y fans will insist BYU was not classless because Bronco is "fully
invested" (a term Urban Meyer used at Utah four years before, by the way). Ever
think the onsides kick was done so the Utes could practice? Wouldn't you rather
have your team fail at an onsides kick up 43 in the third than with the game on
the line in the final minutes? Let's give this running up the score a rest! Utes
dominated and looked as good as they've looked since 2004.

Hey BYU fan, it's nice to see a cougar fan look at this without getting all
riled up. Why does everyone have to get so emotional about it? The Holy War will
be a good one this year.

Can anyone tell me, what will happen if
(hypothetically)BYU and Utah both win their games this Saturday and Utah ends up
beating BYU? Would that cause a tie in the conference standings? Would Utah be
on top or would BYU still remain on top?

I have to laugh at those who think Bronco's taking a knee against TCU had
anything to do with class. Anyone who knows anything about football knows that
this was to ensure the victory. Running any play was risky. TCU could have run
back a fumble or intercepted a pass. To take any risk would have been stupid.
Bronco was just being smart.

Since this is byU's newspaper I'm not suprised to see all of these comments.
However UTAH fans are here to keep our little brothers in line. Do you remember
Bronco running the score up last year against USU???...didn't think so. 2
minutes left in the game and byU does a play action for a 20 yard td pass to go
up by over 30 points. Oh that is right it is totally diffrent because bronco
can do that and Whitt can't try new things in the 3rd quater of game. Someone
please help realize the difference!!!